Saturday, January 4, 2025
Song of the Week! 4 January 2025
Kikyoku/Seasons of Asia Series New Entry Naming Contest Result Announcement
Together with the announcement of the large-scale update for Taiko no Tatsujin (mainland China 4th-gen), the result for the Kikyoku/Seasons of Asia Series New Entry Naming Contest is also announced in a video letter on Bilibili dated 2025/01/03. With the accompanying announcement on the Asia ver. Facebook Fan Page the next day (embedded above), we are talking about this in a separate post.
As shown in the slide image, the winning name is 桂月 (Keigetsu) submitted by Link, meaning the moon (and the osmanthus tree on it as told in legends), as well as an alternate name for the eighth month of the Chinese lunar calendar. While themes of autumn and winter are common among entries given how spring and summer are very well represented in the series (like Shunyuu and Kayou), this name implies autumn vibes without actually using the typical kanji (秋), as well as moon viewing traditions in mid-autumn not uncommon across East Asia.
The video letter also mentions the very close runner-up of 涅槃 (Nehan, meaning Nirvana) submitted by multiple respondents, literally down to the final minutes of decision. The original meaning of breaking free from the cycle of rebirth was invoked by respondents to commemorate the release of the mainland China arcade version, symbolizing breaking free from years of waiting.
Taiko no Tatsujin (Mainland China 4th-gen) Spring 2025 Updates
For those who have been keeping track of our previous update post (singular) on the mainland China 4th-generation arcade of Taiko no Tatsujin, you might have started to wonder when the "Summer 2024" season will end as the colder months come and go.
That question has finally been answered yesterday (2025/01/03), when the promotional video for the "Spring 2025" season released on Bilibili, dating the large-scale update for 2025/01/15. Main additions of the new update (and beyond) include:
- 32 tracks added including both mainland China exclusives and catch-up with the rest of the world in the main update. See below jump for the teased tracks and Ura Oni notecharts
- New players using the Player ID to set up their Donder profile can play their first credit for free
- Rolling in Rewards Campaign Spring 2025 coming soon (no date listed)
- Ranking Dojo 2024 coming soon in February 2025 (2023 trials will retire on 2025/01/28)
- Drummers' Square mini-program updates coming soon in February 2025, including the overall result panel, Ranking Dojo data and player search
While there is no full update notes from the WeChat official account as of this writing, we will continually update this post as further information arise.
Taiko Team's Morikawa (producer for mainland China 4th-gen) and Etou also spoke about the update in a video letter on Bilibili, including development on a certain previous contest...?
Thursday, January 2, 2025
[DF] - January '25 Taiko Music Pass Update (1/2) and Kids Pack Vol.3
／#太鼓の達人ドンダフルフェスティバル
— 【公式】太鼓の達人 家庭用シリーズ (@taiko_kateiyou) January 2, 2025
楽曲追加のお知らせ📢
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1月9日(木)に #太鼓ミュージックパス へ楽曲を追加！ぜひプレイしてくださいね🎵
次回更新曲は1月23日(木)に告知予定！
各プラットフォームの #太鼓ミュージックパス の詳細＆ご購入はこちらから!https://t.co/ES89oVarY2 pic.twitter.com/Z1E6HWVkHi
One last social-media-spread content for the day, this time around pertaining the console crowd! Following the trend for 2024's last month, the Taiko Music Pass updates for all Donderful/Rhythm Festival versions is split into two parts, with Part 1 releasing next Thursday. From classic licenses to console debut, down to series debuts drawing from both renowned Anime tradition and the ongoing gacha gaming crowd, ... there's already a little something for everyone!
In due diligence, we're also posting back the after-Christmas Ura Oni addition for all versions in grid form, including the latest TMP track to leave Nintendo Switch exclusivity.
Taiko Music Pass New Tracks/Notecharts
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| 2024/12/26 |
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Carmen Prelude Bizet カルメン 組曲一番終曲 ／ ビゼー |
★10 | ||||
| 2024/12/26 (Nintendo Switch exclusive → all platforms) |
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Realize Re:Zero Starting Life in Another World Re:ゼロから始める異世界生活 | ★3 | ★5 | ★6 | ★7 | |
| 2025/01/09 | ||||||
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Monkey Magic モンキー・マジック |
★3 | ★3 | ★5 | ★7 | |
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Inazukkyun Ranma 1/2 許嫁っきゅん／「らんま1/2」より |
★? | ★? | ★? | ★? | |
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MoeChakkaFire Ellen Joe Doujin Image Song / Zenless Zone Zero モエチャッカファイア／ゲーム『ゼンレスゾーンゼロ』エレン・ジョー 同人イメージソング |
★? | ★? | ★? | ★? | |
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Amber Light Junichi Nakatsuru (BNSI) 中鶴潤一(BNSI) |
★5 | ★7 | ★8 | ★9 | |
Key: red = series debut; green = subscription/freemium debut
A later tweet also revealed the launch of a third Kids DLC pack! Once again, these are all songs that are already available as part of the Taiko Music Pass on all versions.
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Let It Go～Ari no Mama de～ Frozen Let It Go～ありのままで～／「血界戦線」より |
★2 | ★2 | ★2 | ★4 | |
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Let It Go Frozen 「Frozen」より |
★2 | ★2 | ★2 | ★4 | |
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Do You Want to Build a Snowman Frozen 雪だるまつくろう／「血界戦線」より |
★3 | ★5 | ★6 | ★7 | |
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Try Everything Zootopia トライ・エヴリシング／「ズートピア」より |
★2 | ★3 | ★4 | ★3 | |
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Baby Shark（ベイビー・シャーク） | ★1 | ★1 | ★3 | ★4 |
Chirping Crumbles (January 1st, 2025) - New-Year Farewells from steμ
ご無沙汰しております。
— steμ（ステミュー） (@steMusiCreate) January 1, 2025
昨年末をもちまして、勤めていた株式会社バンダイナムコスタジオを退職させていただく運びとなりました。
今後もサウンド制作は続けていくつもりですが、一旦５月くらいまでは仕事などはせず、ゆっくりと休ませていただく予定です。
今後も何卒よろしくお願いいたします！
...yep, we're retiring the "Twitter Snippets" naming brand for the world of instant SNS findings! After all, we got more than a tentative social media website to scout these kinds of news from (Mastodon and BlueSky, mainly) and chances are it would have let the title degrade itself into "Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx", at some point. Now, where was I...
Right at the turn of a new year, we're hit with the departure news from Bandai Namco of another renowned BNSI inhouse composer, one that has been behind several Namco Originals and a few of the modern original music contests as a judge.
Yu Sugimoto, better known under the steμ alias, has left Bandai Namco during last month's end, publicly announcing the news with the opening of a proprietary X account at this year's start. The Taiko Drum Monster-famed artist has not quit the music-making scene altogether, but he's taking 5 sabbatical months in order to recover his strengths for his future endeavors.
[ACN] - A Slithering New Year at Taiko's
The latest Year of the Snake has been kickstarted with a handful of new content pertaining the Taiko no Tatsujin series, the first of which being the customary January 1st Namco Original following the same trend. Until this month's First Video Portal is out, enjoy the latest original composition from Daisuke Kurosawa above these very lines!
After the jump are a couple of Taiko-related contents releasing quite soon, in conjuntion with a TV-broadcast New Year special airing a few hours from now.
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